Component 01 - Section A - Cuffs (Research Task).

TASK 1 - ABOUT CUFFS.

Copy, paste and answer these questions IN YOUR BLOG.

1. What date was Cuffs episode 1 first broadcast?

28 october 2015

1. What Channel did it first broadcast Cuffs?

BBC one

1. What is the name of the production company that created Cuffs?

Tiger Aspcet productions

1. What are the names of the main characters in Cuffs? Give a brief description of who they are.
2. PC Ryan Draper. Played by Ashley Walters-the main cop
3. PC Jake Vickers. Played by Jacob Ifan-new cop and son of chief 

• DS Jo Moffat. Played by Amanda Abbington-her work life is getting better and better
• Chief Super Robert Vickers. Played by Peter Sullivan-And he’s always successfully managed to emotionally separate his career and his family 
• DC Carl Hawkins. Played by Shaun Dooley.-But Carl is starting to feel the strain as he’s stretched too thinly between his job, his wife, toddler, and three demanding daughters from a previous marriage.
• DI Felix Kane. Played by Paul Ready. -gives anything away about himself 
• PC Donna Prager. Played by Eleanor Matsuura. -Dependable and capable, she loves her job and working with her best mate Lino
• PC Lino Moretti-An eternal bachelor on the lookout for love, he loves working with his best mate Donna.

1. How many views did the first episode of Cuffs get when it was broadcast?

5.5 million

1. What type of organisation is the BBC? 

 British public service broadcaster. 

1. how many series of cuffs have been produced?

1

1. What is the BBC's remit?

1. In your opinion, how does Cuffs link to the BBC's remit?

1. How many episodes does the first series of Cuffs have?

8 

1. How many views did each episode of Cuffs get

1. Based on the amount of views per episode, why do you think Cuffs was cancelled?

Cuffs might have been cancelled because the views had dropped.

1. What is BARB and how does it link to Cuffs?

This links to cuffs because cuffs rating had dropped

1. How is the BBC funded?

Through TV licence that everyone pays per year 

1. How much is the TV licence per household?

£145

1. How much of the TV Licence goes to other BBC services?

over 90%

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ANSWER THIS QUESTION IN YOUR BOOK.

In your opinion, how does the extract attempt to represent a sense of "real life"?

In your answer you must:

• Use media language to analyse the extract.
• Use social and cultural context in order to link the clip to realism.
• Write a conclusion in which you state how far you agree with the social realism attempted in the clip.

In the video they try to make it real by adding sound effects that you would hear in real life like the police sirens they didnt use any other noise when they were chacing someone in the car. They could of used a something funny however there trying to make it serious.

Cuffs

Diegetic- Natural sounds
Non-Diegetic- Sounds that have been added for effect


sounds:
-sound effect
-voice overs
-atmosphere/background
-dialogue
-music


Analyse how sound is used in the extract to create meaning. Refer to at least two examples from the extract on your answer.
Clip from 27:31 to 30:01


The sound effect was a crunched crisp. This draws attention to the audience because you won't be able to hear the crunch while her mouth is closed. The second sound effect is when the tractor went round the corner. The police officers would have heard the tractor way before it came around the corner and would of had a heads up.